18. He shall not void excrements with his shoes on, nor on a ploughed field, nor on a path, nor in water. 18

19. He shall also avoid to spit into, or to have connection with a woman in water. 19

20. He shall not void excrements facing the fire, the sun, water, a Brâhmana, cows, or (images of) the gods. 20

21. He shall avoid to clean his body from excrements with a stone, a clod of earth, or with (boughs of) herbs or trees which he has broken off, whilst they were on the tree and full of sap.

22. If possible, he shall not stretch out his feet towards a fire, water, a Brâhmana, a cow, (iniages of) the gods, a door, or against the wind. 22

23. Now they quote also (the following verse):

Footnotes

92:130. The bath is taken at the end of the studentship, and forms part of the Samâvartana-ceremony. From this rite a student who has completed his course of study derives the name Snâtaka, 'one who has bathed.' See also Weber, Ind. Stud. X, 125.